James Pearson
@pearswick.press
Multi award-losing journalist and European Cybersecurity Correspondent at @Reuters.com, via Hanoi, Seoul and Pyongyang. Now in London.
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James Pearson
@pearswick.press
· Oct 16
How Israel’s bulky pager fooled Hezbollah
An invisible detonator and wafer-thin plastic explosives turned batteries into bombs
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NEW: Fresh details on Mossad's deadly pager-bombs, based on Lebanese sources, teardown photos of an unexploded pager, and evidence of an attempt to give the pager's bulky battery a credible backstory online.
NEW: Hackers working for an unnamed nation state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected (!)
October 29, 2025 at 6:38 PM
NEW: Hackers working for an unnamed nation state breached networks at Ribbon Communications, a key U.S. telecommunications services company, and remained within the firm’s systems for nearly a year without being detected (!)
Two years of warfare have brought death, misery and ruin to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza. With a new ceasefire plan under discussion, @reuters.com looks at one family’s story of terrible loss and fragile hope. www.reuters.com/investigates...
The Gaza twins whose whole lives have been war
Two years of warfare have brought death and ruin to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza. Reuters looks at one family’s story of terrible loss and fragile hope.
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October 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
Two years of warfare have brought death, misery and ruin to the 2 million inhabitants of Gaza. With a new ceasefire plan under discussion, @reuters.com looks at one family’s story of terrible loss and fragile hope. www.reuters.com/investigates...
The latest episodes of the @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast with @gordoncorera.bsky.social and David McCloskey is a fascinating look inside Mossad's sprawling campaign to infiltrate and weaponise pagers used by Hezbollah.
October 2, 2025 at 12:03 PM
The latest episodes of the @restisclassified.bsky.social podcast with @gordoncorera.bsky.social and David McCloskey is a fascinating look inside Mossad's sprawling campaign to infiltrate and weaponise pagers used by Hezbollah.
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Great latest series from @restisclassified.bsky.social on this mindblowing operation - and the investigation itself by Reuters
Very much looking forward to the Club members episode @gordoncorera.bsky.social ,
@pearswick.press is a good friend of mine and know he’s going to be an excellent guest 🎙️
Very much looking forward to the Club members episode @gordoncorera.bsky.social ,
@pearswick.press is a good friend of mine and know he’s going to be an excellent guest 🎙️
October 1, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Great latest series from @restisclassified.bsky.social on this mindblowing operation - and the investigation itself by Reuters
Very much looking forward to the Club members episode @gordoncorera.bsky.social ,
@pearswick.press is a good friend of mine and know he’s going to be an excellent guest 🎙️
Very much looking forward to the Club members episode @gordoncorera.bsky.social ,
@pearswick.press is a good friend of mine and know he’s going to be an excellent guest 🎙️
Traders at their stalls minutes after an exploding Russian drone hit the roof of an indoor market in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. 📸REUTERS/Thomas Peter
October 1, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Traders at their stalls minutes after an exploding Russian drone hit the roof of an indoor market in Kramatorsk, Ukraine. 📸REUTERS/Thomas Peter
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🤬 The Swearsky Index has increased to 3.7%
September 26, 2025 at 4:29 PM
🤬 The Swearsky Index has increased to 3.7%
COPENHAGEN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Denmark's second-biggest airport, Billund, was briefly shut early on Friday following a report of illegal drone activity that police later identified as "a shining star in the sky," amid heightened concern over drone sightings nationwide.
September 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
COPENHAGEN, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Denmark's second-biggest airport, Billund, was briefly shut early on Friday following a report of illegal drone activity that police later identified as "a shining star in the sky," amid heightened concern over drone sightings nationwide.
Reuters: Britain's National Crime Agency says a man has been arrested in the UK as part of an investigation into a cyber incident impacting Collins Aerospace. The man was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences on Tuesday and has been released on conditional bail.
September 24, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Reuters: Britain's National Crime Agency says a man has been arrested in the UK as part of an investigation into a cyber incident impacting Collins Aerospace. The man was arrested on suspicion of Computer Misuse Act offences on Tuesday and has been released on conditional bail.
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon
The United States is considering imposing sanctions as soon as this week against the entire International Criminal Court, putting the court's day-to-day operations in jeopardy in retaliation for investigations of suspected Israeli war crimes.
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September 22, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Exclusive: US could hit entire International Criminal Court with sanctions soon - www.reuters.com/world/europe...
British spies turn to dark web to recruit Russian agents, access secrets - www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
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September 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
British spies turn to dark web to recruit Russian agents, access secrets - www.reuters.com/world/uk/bri...
Secret Report Undercuts U.K. Condemnations of Pro-Palestinian Group www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
Secret Report Undercuts U.K. Condemnations of Pro-Palestinian Group
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September 12, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Secret Report Undercuts U.K. Condemnations of Pro-Palestinian Group www.nytimes.com/2025/09/12/w...
Who is Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder? www.reuters.com/world/us/who...
Who is Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder?
The suspect in Charlie Kirk’s shooting, Tyler Robinson, is a 22-year-old native of Utah who authorities say had allegedly criticized the conservative influencer in a recent conversation and was living with his family at the time of the shooting.
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September 12, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Who is Tyler Robinson, the suspect in Charlie Kirk's murder? www.reuters.com/world/us/who...
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart
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September 5, 2025 at 9:48 AM
How a Top Secret SEAL Team 6 Mission Into North Korea Fell Apart www.nytimes.com/2025/09/05/u...
Exclusive: Syria to revalue currency, dropping two zeros in bid for stability - www.reuters.com/business/fin...
Exclusive: Syria to revalue currency, dropping two zeros in bid for stability, sources say
The Syrian pound has lost more than 99% of its value since war erupted in 2011, with the exchange rate now at around 10,000 pounds to the U.S. dollar, compared to 50 before the war.
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August 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Exclusive: Syria to revalue currency, dropping two zeros in bid for stability - www.reuters.com/business/fin...
WhatsApp accuses Moscow of trying to block secure communication for millions of Russians www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
WhatsApp accuses Moscow of trying to block secure communication for millions of Russians
WhatsApp accused Moscow of trying to block millions of Russians from accessing secure communication after calls on the messaging app were restricted, as Russia promotes home-grown social media platforms and seeks greater control over the country's internet space.
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August 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM
WhatsApp accuses Moscow of trying to block secure communication for millions of Russians www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - www.reuters.com/technology/m...
A flirty Meta AI bot invited a retiree to meet. He never made it home.
Impaired by a stroke, a man fell for a Meta chatbot originally created with Kendall Jenner. His death spotlights Metaâs AI rules, which let bots tell falsehoods.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Meta’s flirty AI chatbot invited a retiree to New York. He never made it home. - www.reuters.com/technology/m...
A dating app, a niqab and a 9mm gun - how a US woman was hired to end a UK family feud www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Aimee Betro: The Wisconsin woman hired to kill in Birmingham, UK
US woman Aimee Betro was hired to come to the UK to kill a Birmingham man as part of a family feud.
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August 12, 2025 at 6:16 PM
A dating app, a niqab and a 9mm gun - how a US woman was hired to end a UK family feud www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Microsoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch it www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
Microsoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch it
A security patch released by Microsoft last month failed to fully fix a critical flaw in U.S. tech giant's SharePoint server software that had been identified in May, opening the door to a sweeping global cyber espionage operation.
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July 22, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Microsoft knew of SharePoint server exploit but failed to effectively patch it www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
UK discovers Russian 'espionage tool', sanctions GRU officers over cyberattacks www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
UK discovers Russian 'espionage tool', sanctions GRU officers over cyberattacks
Britain said on Friday it had discovered a sophisticated digital espionage tool and sanctioned more than 20 Russian spies, hackers and agencies over what it called a "sustained campaign of malicious cyber activity" targeting governments and institutions across Europe.
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July 18, 2025 at 3:53 PM
UK discovers Russian 'espionage tool', sanctions GRU officers over cyberattacks www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-...
Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia www.reuters.com/business/rus...
Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia
WhatsApp should prepare to leave the Russian market, a lawmaker who regulates the IT sector said on Friday, warning that the messaging app owned by Meta Platforms was likely to be put on a list of restricted software.
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July 18, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Russian lawmakers say 'security threat' WhatsApp should prepare to leave Russia www.reuters.com/business/rus...
Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak - www.reuters.com/world/uk/tho...
Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak
Britain set up a secret scheme to bring thousands of Afghans to the UK after their personal details were disclosed in one of the country's worst ever data breaches, putting them at risk of reprisals from the Taliban after their return to power.
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July 16, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Thousands of Afghans secretly moved to Britain after data leak - www.reuters.com/world/uk/tho...
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A gang of British criminals were convicted on Tuesday for their roles in a plot directed over the messaging app Telegram by the Wagner Group mercenary organization — fronting for Russia’s intelligence services — to conduct arson attacks against targets in London.
British criminals convicted over Wagner Group-linked arson attack on London warehouse
The attack was described as a “clear example of an organisation linked to the Russian state using ‘proxies’ — in this case British men — to carry out very serious criminal activity in this country on ...
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July 8, 2025 at 8:36 PM
A gang of British criminals were convicted on Tuesday for their roles in a plot directed over the messaging app Telegram by the Wagner Group mercenary organization — fronting for Russia’s intelligence services — to conduct arson attacks against targets in London.
Secret service bodyguards have been accused of jeopardising the Swedish prime minister’s safety over several years by sharing details of their running and cycling routes on the fitness app Strava.
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Swedish PM’s private address revealed by Strava data shared by bodyguards
Data made public by Ulf Kristersson’s security revealed his location, routes and movements over several years
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July 8, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Secret service bodyguards have been accused of jeopardising the Swedish prime minister’s safety over several years by sharing details of their running and cycling routes on the fitness app Strava.
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...
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Wow. 'Two of the people familiar w/ the assessment said Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. One of the people said the centrifuges are largely “intact.” “...the (DIA) assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops”...' edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an e...
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June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Wow. 'Two of the people familiar w/ the assessment said Iran’s stockpile of enriched uranium was not destroyed. One of the people said the centrifuges are largely “intact.” “...the (DIA) assessment is that the US set them back maybe a few months, tops”...' edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
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Important. "The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US [DIA] intelligence assessment" edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...
Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say | CNN Politics
The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an e...
edition.cnn.com
June 24, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Important. "The US military strikes on three of Iran’s nuclear facilities last weekend did not destroy the core components of the country’s nuclear program and likely only set it back by months, according to an early US [DIA] intelligence assessment" edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/p...